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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

 
Notice of the Forestry Research Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 
U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces a 
meeting of the Forestry Research Advisory Council. The meeting will be 
open to the public.

DATES: The Forestry Research Advisory Council will meet on August 25, 
2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on August 26, 2004, from 8 a.m. to 
noon. A complete agenda will be available prior to the meeting. To 
obtain a copy call the Contact Person identified below.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 
Portrait Conference Room, 1330 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catalino A. Blanche, FRAC Coordinator, 
Mail Stop 2210, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250; 
telephone: (202) 401-4190; fax: (202) 401-1706; e-mail: 
cblanche@csrees.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1441(C) of the Agriculture and Food 
Act of 1981 requires the establishment of the Forestry Research 
Advisory Council to provide advice to the Secretary of Agriculture on 
accomplishing efficiently the purposes of the Act of October 10, 1962 ( 
16 U.S.C. 582a, et seq.), known as the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962. 
The Council also provides advice related to the Forest Service research 
program, authorized by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-307, 92 Stat. 353, as amended; 16 
U.S.C. 1600 (note)). The Council is composed of 20 voting members from: 
federal and state agencies, forest industries, forestry schools and 
state agricultural experiment stations, and volunteer public groups.
    The purposes of the meeting are: (a) To hear reports from the 
Forest Service, USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education and 
Extension Service, USDA, forest industries, the National Association of 
Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges, and (b) to formulate advice 
on Federal and state forestry research for the Secretary of 
Agriculture.

    Done at Washington, DC this 27th day of July, 2004.
Joseph J. Jen,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 04-17625 Filed 8-2-04; 8:45 am]

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